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Senate Republicans vote to keep Thune as leader after steep election losses ↗Timeline
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With John Thune reelected Senate GOP leader, @timmiller.bsky.social and @sbg1.bsky.social examine his record:
“The weakest and most inept tenure as Senate Majority Leader in at least over half a century…Republicans are going to turn to him again because they have nobody else.”
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6theamericanconservative.com ↗With John Thune reelected Senate GOP leader, @timmiller.bsky.social and @sbg1.bsky.social examine his record:
“The weakest and most inept tenure as Senate Majority Leader in at least over half a century…Republicans are going to turn to him again because they have nobody else.”
Senate Republicans sparked outrage among some of President Donald Trump’s MAGA supporters Tuesday after voting behind closed doors to reelect Sen. John Thune (R-SD) as their leader despite the party’s midterm election losses. Thune, who ran unopposed, will become Senate minority leader when Democrats take control in…
rawstory.com ↗Thune was always expected to prevail, as he is popular with his GOP colleagues and was running unopposed in the secret ballot election.
inquirer.com ↗Some Republicans had tried to delay the leadership decision, but the conference voted to proceed.
adn.com ↗Thune is expected to be reelected, given that he remains popular with his GOP colleagues and is so far running unopposed. But senators left the meeting with no resolution on a way forward.
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